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<p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a degree in a particular subject
or discipline. It is the Teachers’ Standards that specify the subject knowledge required
for the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by
the time they complete their training.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Of the 2,948
state-funded secondary schools in England that supplied data on curriculum subjects
taught and the subject of qualifications held by their teachers, there were 1,386
schools, equivalent to 47%, where at least one subject was taught for which none of
its teachers held a relevant post A level qualification in that subject.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The most common subjects where no teachers in a school held a
relevant post A level qualification in the subject were: computing (408 schools);
media studies (214); religious education (171); citizenship (115); engineering (114)
and drama (109).</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the 2,957 state-funded secondary
schools in England that supplied data on curriculum subjects taught and the subject
of qualifications held by their teachers, there were 1,256 schools, equivalent to
42%, where at least one subject was taught for which none of its teachers held a relevant
post A level qualifications in that subject. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The
most common subjects where no teachers in a school held a relevant post A level qualification
in the subject were: computing (293 schools); Spanish (271); media studies (225);
ICT (206); religious education (153); citizenship (105) and engineering (105).</ins></p><p>To
reduce burden during the COVID-19 outbreak, schools were not required to provide information
on teacher qualifications in 2020. Therefore, the information provided relates to
the November 2019 School Workforce Census.</p><p>Information on subjects taught and
teacher post A level qualifications is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’
statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>
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